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*''Born: [[1202]]''
*''Born: [[1202]]''
*''Died: [[1280]]''
*''Died: [[1280]]''
*''Japanese'': 円爾弁円 ''(Enni Ben'en)''
Enni Ben'en was a Japanese [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] monk known for his journeys in China. He is regarded as possibly the first to introduce [[Song Dynasty]] [[Neo-Confucianism]] into Japan.
Enni Ben'en was a Japanese [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] monk known for his journeys in China. He is regarded as possibly the first to introduce [[Song Dynasty]] [[Neo-Confucianism]] into Japan.
At some point after returning from China, Enni wrote in his diary that he was visited by [[Tenjin]] (a ''[[kami]]'' of scholarship) in a dream, and that Tenjin expressed a wish to study Zen. Enni replied that the god should go to China, to study with the same master who Enni himself studied under, and Tenjin did so, magically flying or walking across the sea.<ref>Gallery labels, "Tenjin Crossing the Ocean to China," [[Konoe Nobutada]], Metropolitan Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/9712293761/sizes/l]</ref>
At some point after returning from China, Enni wrote in his diary that he was visited by [[Tenjin]] (a ''[[kami]]'' of scholarship) in a dream, and that Tenjin expressed a wish to study Zen. Enni replied that the god should go to China, to study with the same master who Enni himself studied under, and Tenjin did so, magically flying or walking across the sea.<ref>Gallery labels, "Tenjin Crossing the Ocean to China," [[Konoe Nobutada]], Metropolitan Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/9712293761/sizes/l]</ref>
In [[1245]], Enni left Hakata for [[Kyoto]], where he became the founding abbot of [[Tofuku-ji|Tôfuku-ji]].
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